ISAIAH CHAPTER TEN

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• ISAIAH CHAPTER TEN

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ASSYRIAN EMPIRE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? SAMARIA DESTROYED - ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)? NINEVEH DESTROYED (606BC)?
BABYLONIAN EMPIRE NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? TEMPLE DESTROYED - JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)?
MEDO-PERSIAN EMPIRE CYRUS (539-530BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? ZERUBBABEL REBUILDS THE TEMPLE (538-520BC)? DARIUS (521-486BC)? AHASUERUS (486-464BC)? ARTAXERXES (464-424BC)? NEHEMIAH REBUILDS WALLS OF JERUSALEM (444BC)?
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PROPHET - DATE JONAH (800-750BC)? AMOS (786-746BC)? JOEL (770BC)? MICAH (750-686BC)? HOSEA (748-690BC)? ISAIAH (701-681BC)? NAHUM (663-612BC)? ZEPHANIAH (640-609BC)? HABAKKUK (627BC)? JEREMIAH (626-586BC)? OBADIAH (605BC)? DANIEL (604-555BC)? EZEKIEL (597-573BC)? MALACHI (542-516BC)? HAGGAI (538-520BC)? ZECHARIAH (520-480BC)? KING / EVENT - DATE TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)? SHALMANESER (727-722BC)? ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)? NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)? BELSHAZZAR (562-539BC)? JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)? CYRUS (539-530BC)? BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)? DARIUS (521-486BC)?
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OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER TEN

• JUDGMENTS AGAINST OPPRESSIVE RULERS V. 1-4
• ASSYRIA IS THE ROD OF GODS ANGER
• AGAINST AN UNGODLY NATION (JUDAH? ISRAEL?) V.
  5-11
• THE LORD HOLDS KING OF ASSYRIA ACCOUNTABLE V.
  12-14
• HIS ARMIES WILL BE DESTROYED V. 15-19
• JUDAH FINDS FAVOUR IN THE LORD V. 20-27
• THE LORD OF HOSTS WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE V.
  28-33

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READ ISAIAH 101-5

• 1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
  Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed
• 2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what
  is right from the poor of My people, That widows
  may be their prey, And that they may rob the
  fatherless.
• 3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And
  in the desolation which will come from afar? To
  whom will you flee for help? And where will you
  leave your glory?
• 4 Without Me they shall bow down among the
  prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.
  For all this His anger is not turned away, But
  His hand is stretched out still.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
  Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed
• 2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what
  is right from the poor of My people, That widows
  may be their prey, And that they may rob the
  fatherless.
• 3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And
  in the desolation which will come from afar? To
  whom will you flee for help? And where will you
  leave your glory?
• 4 Without Me they shall bow down among the
  prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.
  For all this His anger is not turned away, But
  His hand is stretched out still.
• TO WHOM ARE THESE WOES ADDRESSED?
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM?
• WHAT WILL THEY DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?
• WHY DOES THE LORD STILL HOLD OUT HIS HAND?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
  Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed
• 2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what
  is right from the poor of My people, That widows
  may be their prey, And that they may rob the
  fatherless.
• TO WHOM ARE THESE WOES ADDRESSED?
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
• DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?

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DID THE LORD WARN THEM ABOUT THIS?

• READ EXODUS 2221-27
• 21 "You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor
  oppress him, for you were strangers in the land
  of Egypt.
• 22 "You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless
  child.
• 23 If you afflict them in any way, and they cry
  at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry
• 24 and My wrath will become hot, and I will kill
  you with the sword your wives shall be widows,
  and your children fatherless.
• 25 "If you lend money to any of My people who are
  poor among you, you shall not be like a
  moneylender to him you shall not charge him
  interest.
• 26 If you ever take your neighbor's garment as a
  pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun
  goes down.
• 27 For that is his only covering, it is his
  garment for his skin. What will he sleep in? And
  it will be that when he cries to Me, I will hear,
  for I am gracious. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
  Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed
• 2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what
  is right from the poor of My people, That widows
  may be their prey, And that they may rob the
  fatherless.
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
• READ JEREMIAH 2215-17
• 15 "Shall you reign because you enclose yourself
  in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, And
  do justice and righteousness? Then it was well
  with him.
• 16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy
  Then it was well.
• Was not this knowing Me?" says the LORD.
• 17 "Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing
  but your covetousness, For shedding innocent
  blood, And practicing oppression and violence."
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 1 "Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
  Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed
• 2 To rob the needy of justice, And to take what
  is right from the poor of My people, That widows
  may be their prey, And that they may rob the
  fatherless.
• WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
• READ JOB 627
• 27 Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, And you
  undermine your friend. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 581-2
• 1 Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent
  ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?
• 2 No, in heart you work wickedness You weigh out
  the violence of your hands in the earth. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And
  in the desolation which will come from afar? To
  whom will you flee for help? And where will you
  leave your glory?
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM?
• WHAT WILL THEY DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?
• WHAT DID JOB SAY?
• READ JOB 3114
• 14 What shall I do when God rises up? When He
  punishes, how shall I answer Him?
• WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?
• READ PSALMS 358
• 8 Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And
  let his net that he has hidden catch himself
  Into that very destruction let him fall. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And
  in the desolation which will come from afar? To
  whom will you flee for help? And where will you
  leave your glory?
• WHAT DID THE LORD ASK THEM?
• WHAT WILL THEY DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?
• WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY?
• READ PSALMS 4917
• 17 When he dies he shall carry nothing away His
  glory shall not descend after him. NKJV
• READ PSALMS 595
• 5 O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake
  to punish all the nations Do not be merciful to
  any wicked transgressors. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And
  in the desolation which will come from afar? To
  whom will you flee for help? And where will you
  leave your glory?
• WHAT WILL THEY DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?
• WILL THEY CALL ON THE LORD?
• HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THEM?
• READ PROVERBS 127-30
• 27 When your terror comes like a storm, And your
  destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress
  and anguish come upon you.
• 28 "Then they will call on me, but I will not
  answer They will seek me diligently, but they
  will not find me.
• 29 Because they hated knowledge And did not
  choose the fear of the LORD,
• 30 They would have none of my counsel And
  despised my every rebuke. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• WHY WILL THE LORD PUNISH THEM?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3221
• 21 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is
  not God
• They have moved Me to anger by their foolish
  idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by
  those who are not a nation I will move them to
  anger by a foolish nation. NKJV
• READ 2 KINGS 1922-24
• 22 'Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
  Against whom have you raised your voice, And
  lifted up your eyes on high?
• Against the Holy One of Israel.
• 23 By your messengers you have reproached the
  Lord, And said "By the multitude of my chariots
  I have come up to the height of the mountains, To
  the limits of Lebanon I will cut down its tall
  cedars And its choice cypress trees I will enter
  the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful
  forest.
• 24 I have dug and drunk strange water, And with
  the soles of my feet I have dried up All the
  brooks of defense." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And
  in the desolation which will come from afar? To
  whom will you flee for help? And where will you
  leave your glory?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO ON THE DAY OF PUNISHMENT?
• READ JEREMIAH 59
• 9 Shall I not punish them for these things?" says
  the LORD.
• "And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation
  as this? NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 5015
• 15 Shout against her all around She has given
  her hand, Her foundations have fallen, Her walls
  are thrown down For it is the vengeance of the
  LORD. Take vengeance on her. As she has done, so
  do to her. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And
  in the desolation which will come from afar? To
  whom will you flee for help? And where will you
  leave your glory?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM ON THE DAY OF
  PUNISHMENT?
• READ HOSEA 97
• 7 The days of punishment have come The days of
  recompense have come. Israel knows! The prophet
  is a fool, The spiritual man is insane, Because
  of the greatness of your iniquity and great
  enmity. NKJV
• READ ZEPHANIAH 115
• 15 That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble
  and distress, A day of devastation and
  desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, A
  day of clouds and thick darkness, NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 3 What will you do in the day of punishment, And
  in the desolation which will come from afar? To
  whom will you flee for help? And where will you
  leave your glory?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM ON THE DAY OF
  PUNISHMENT?
• READ LUKE 1943-44
• 43 For days will come upon you when your enemies
  will build an embankment around you, surround you
  and close you in on every side,
• 44 And level you, and your children within you,
  to the ground and they will not leave in you one
  stone upon another, because you did not know the
  time of your visitation." NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 101-3

• 4 Without Me they shall bow down among the
  prisoners, And they shall fall among the slain.
  For all this His anger is not turned away, But
  His hand is stretched out still.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THEM ON THE DAY OF
  PUNISHMENT?
• READ JEREMIAH 396
• 6 The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah
  before his eyes in Riblah the king of Babylon
  also killed all the nobles of Judah.
• 7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound
  him with bronze fetters to carry him off to
  Babylon. NKJV
• READ NAHUM 33
• 3 Horsemen charge with bright sword and
  glittering spear.
• There is a multitude of slain, A great number of
  bodies, Countless corpses They stumble over the
  corpses NKJV
• WHY DOES THE LORD STILL HOLD OUT HIS HAND?

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READ ISAIAH 105-6

• 5 "Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the
  staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, And
  against the people of My wrath I will give him
  charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And
  to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 105-6

• 5 "Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the
  staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, And
  against the people of My wrath I will give him
  charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And
  to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA?
• WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST THE KING OF
  ASSYRIA?
• WHO WAS THE ROD OF THE LORDS ANGER?
• AND THE STAFF OF HIS INDIGNATION?
• WHO DID THE LORD SEND? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• WHY WILL THE LORD DESTROY ASSYRIA?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 105-7

• 5 "Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the
  staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, And
  against the people of My wrath I will give him
  charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And
  to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• WHO WAS KING OF ASSYRIA? SENNACHERIB?
• READ 2 KINGS 1920-21
• 20 Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah,
  saying, "Thus says the LORD God of
  Israel'Because you have prayed to Me against
  Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 105-7

• 5 "Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the
  staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, And
  against the people of My wrath I will give him
  charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And
  to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• WHO DID THE LORD SEND AGAINST THE KING OF
  ASSYRIA? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ JEREMIAH 278
• 8 It shall be, that the nation and kingdom which
  will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of
  Babylon, and which will not put its neck under
  the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I
  will punish,' says the LORD, 'with the sword, the
  famine, and the pestilence, until I have consumed
  them by his hand. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 105-7

• 5 "Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the
  staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, And
  against the people of My wrath I will give him
  charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And
  to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• WHY IS HE CALLED THE ROD OF THE LORDS ANGER?
• AND THE STAFF OF HIS INDIGNATION?
• READ JEREMIAH 5120-23
• 20 "You are My battle-ax and weapons of war For
  with you I will break the nation in pieces With
  you I will destroy kingdoms
• 21 "Go up against the land of Merathaim, against
  it, And against the inhabitants of Pekod. Waste
  and utterly destroy them," says the LORD, "And do
  according to all that I have commanded you.
• 22 A sound of battle is in the land, And of great
  destruction.
• 23 How the hammer of the whole earth has been cut
  apart and broken! How Babylon has become a
  desolation among the nations!
• I have laid a snare for you NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 105-7

• 5 "Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the
  staff in whose hand is My indignation.
• 6 I will send him against an ungodly nation, And
  against the people of My wrath I will give him
  charge, To seize the spoil, to take the prey, And
  to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• WHY WILL THE LORD DESTROY ASSYRIA?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 289
• 9 A prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was
  Oded and he went out before the army that came
  to Samaria, and said to them "Look, because the
  LORD God of your fathers was angry with Judah, He
  has delivered them into your hand but you have
  killed them in a rage that reaches up to
  heaven. NKJV
• READ ZEPHANIAH 213
• 13 He will stretch out His hand against the
  north, Destroy Assyria, And make Nineveh a
  desolation, As dry as the wilderness.

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READ ISAIAH 107-11

• 7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart
  think so But it is in his heart to destroy, And
  cut off not a few nations.
• 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether
  kings?
• 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath
  like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the
  idols, Whose carved images excelled those of
  Jerusalem and Samaria,
• 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall
  I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart
  think so But it is in his heart to destroy, And
  cut off not a few nations.
• 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether
  kings?
• 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath
  like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the
  idols, Whose carved images excelled those of
  Jerusalem and Samaria,
• 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall
  I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"
• DID GOD MEAN TO UTTERLY DESTROY HIS PEOPLE?
• WHO DID GOD RAISE UP AGAINST ISRAEL AND JUDAH?
• WHO SAID ARE NOT MY PRINCES KINGS?
• WHAT WAS CALNO? CARCHEMISH? HAMATH?
  ARPAD?
• IN WHAT DID THEY EXCELL JERUSALEM AND SAMARIA?
• HOW IS SAMARIA LIKE DAMASCUS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart
  think so But it is in his heart to destroy, And
  cut off not a few nations.
• DID GOD MEAN TO UTTERLY DESTROY HIS PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID JOSEPH SAY TO HIS BRETHREN?
• READ GENESIS 5020
• 20 As for you, you meant evil against me but God
  meant it for good, in order to bring it about as
  it is this day, to save many people alive. NKJV
• WHO DID THE LORD RAISE UP TO DO THESE THINGS?
• READ PROVERBS 164
• 4 The LORD has made all for Himself, Yes, even
  the wicked for the day of doom. NKJV
• DOES MAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE LORD DOES THESE
  THINGS?
• READ MICAH 412
• 12 But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD,
  Nor do they understand His counsel For He will
  gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
  NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart
  think so But it is in his heart to destroy, And
  cut off not a few nations.
• 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether
  kings?
• DID GOD MEAN TO UTTERLY DESTROY HIS PEOPLE?
• WHO DID THE LORD GOD SEND AGAINST THEM?
• READ EZEKIEL 267
• 7 Thus says the Lord GOD 'Behold, I will bring
  against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king
  of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, with
  chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with
  many people. NKJV
• WHO DID THE LORD GOD RAISE UP AGAINST THEM?
• READ DANIEL 237
• 37 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God
  of heaven has given you a kingdom, power,
  strength, and glory NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 7 Yet he does not mean so, Nor does his heart
  think so But it is in his heart to destroy, And
  cut off not a few nations.
• 8 For he says, Are not my princes altogether
  kings?
• WHO SAID ARE NOT MY PRINCES KINGS?
• WHO IS THIS king of kings? NEBUCHADNEZZAR?
• READ DANIEL 237
• 37 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God
  of heaven has given you a kingdom, power,
  strength, and glory NKJV
• WHO IS THIS king of kings? ARTAXERXES?
• READ EZRA 712
• 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest,
  a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven Perfect
  peace, and so forth. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath
  like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the
  idols, Whose carved images excelled those of
  Jerusalem and Samaria,
• 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall
  I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"
• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?
• CALNO? CARCHEMISH? HAMATH? ARPAD?
• WHAT DID THE LORD FIND IN THESE CITIES?
• IN WHAT DID THEY EXCELL JERUSALEM AND SAMARIA?
• HOW WAS SAMARIA LIKE DAMASCUS?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath
  like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?
• CALNO? CARCHEMISH? HAMATH? ARPAD?
• CALNEH WAS PART OF THE KINGDOM OF NIMROD
• READ GENESIS 1010
• 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech,
  Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. NKJV
• CARCHEMISH WAS IN THE LAND OF THE HITTITES
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3520
• 20 When Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho
  king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish
  by the Euphrates and Josiah went out against
  him. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the
  idols, Whose carved images excelled those of
  Jerusalem and Samaria,
• 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall
  I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"
• IN WHAT DID THEY EXCELL JERUSALEM AND SAMARIA?
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?
• WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA DO?
• READ 2 KINGS 175
• 5 The king of Assyria went throughout all the
  land, and went up to Samaria and besieged it for
  three years. NKJV
• READ 2 KINGS 1724
• 24 The king of Assyria brought people from
  Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from
  Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of
  Samaria instead of the children of Israel and
  they took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its
  cities. NKJV

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the
  idols, Whose carved images excelled those of
  Jerusalem and Samaria,
• 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall
  I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?
• READ 2 KINGS 1833-35
• 33 Has any of the gods of the nations at all
  delivered its land from the hand of the king of
  Assyria?
• 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad ? Where
  are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah?
  Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
• 35 Who among all the gods of the lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"
  NKJV
• WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR IDOLS?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall
  I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"
• WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO SAMARIA?
• READ 2 KINGS 1912-13
• 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered those
  whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran
  and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in
  Telassar?
• 13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of
  Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim,
  Hena, and Ivah?'" NKJV
• READ 2 KINGS 1917-18
• 17 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid
  waste the nations and their lands,
• 18 And have cast their gods into the fire for
  they were not gods, but the work of men's hands
  wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.
  NKJV
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 107-11

• 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols, Shall
  I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?'"
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO JERUSALEM?
• READ AMOS 61-2
• 1 Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust
  in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief
  nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!
• 2 Go over to Calneh and see And from there go to
  Hamath the great Then go down to Gath of the
  Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms?
  Or is their territory greater than your
  territory?

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READ ISAIAH 1012-13

• 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord
  has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on
  Jerusalem, that He will say, "I will punish the
  fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of
  Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks."
• 13 For he says "By the strength of my hand I
  have done it, And by my wisdom, for I am prudent
  Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
  And have robbed their treasuries So I have put
  down the inhabitants like a valiant man.

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1012-13

• 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord
  has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on
  Jerusalem, that He will say, "I will punish the
  fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of
  Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks."
• 13 For he says "By the strength of my hand I
  have done it, And by my wisdom, for I am prudent
  Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
  And have robbed their treasuries So I have put
  down the inhabitants like a valiant man.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA SAY?

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QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1012-13

• 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord
  has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on
  Jerusalem, that He will say, "I will punish the
  fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of
  Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks."
• 13 For he says "By the strength of my hand I
  have done it, And by my wisdom, for I am prudent
  Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
  And have robbed their treasuries So I have put
  down the inhabitants like a valiant man.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• READ 2 KINGS 196-7
• 6 Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to
  your master, 'Thus says the LORD "Do not be
  afraid of the words which you have heard, with
  which the servants of the king of Assyria have
  blasphemed Me.
• 7 Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he
  shall hear a rumor and return to his own land
  and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his
  own land."'" NKJV

39
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1012-13

• 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord
  has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on
  Jerusalem, that He will say, "I will punish the
  fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of
  Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks."
• 13 For he says "By the strength of my hand I
  have done it, And by my wisdom, for I am prudent
  Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
  And have robbed their treasuries So I have put
  down the inhabitants like a valiant man.
• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• WHY? WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA SAY?
• READ PSALMS 1827
• 27 You will save the humble people, But will
  bring down haughty looks. NKJV
• READ PROVERBS 131
• 31 They shall eat the fruit of their own way, And
  be filled to the full with their own fancies.
  NKJV

40
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1012-13

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• WHY? WHAT DID THE KING OF ASSYRIA SAY?
• READ JEREMIAH 529
• 29 Shall I not punish them for these things?'
  says the LORD.
• 'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as
  this?' NKJV
• READ JEREMIAH 5018
• 18 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of
  Israel "Behold, I will punish the king of
  Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king
  of Assyria. NKJV
• READ ZECHARIAH 115
• 15 I am exceedingly angry with the nations at
  ease For I was a little angry, And they helped
  but with evil intent." NKJV

41
READ ISAIAH 1014-16

• 14 My hand has found like a nest the riches of
  the people, And as one gathers eggs that are
  left, I have gathered all the earth And there
  was no one who moved his wing, Nor opened his
  mouth with even a peep."
• 15 Shall the ax boast itself against him who
  chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself
  against him who saws with it? As if a rod could
  wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as
  if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
• 16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Will
  send leanness among his fat ones And under his
  glory He will kindle a burning Like the burning
  of a fire.

42
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1014-16

• 14 My hand has found like a nest the riches of
  the people, And as one gathers eggs that are
  left, I have gathered all the earth And there
  was no one who moved his wing, Nor opened his
  mouth with even a peep."
• 15 Shall the ax boast itself against him who
  chops with it? Or shall the saw exalt itself
  against him who saws with it? As if a rod could
  wield itself against those who lift it up, Or as
  if a staff could lift
• up, as if it were not wood!
• 16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Will
  send leanness among his fat ones And under his
  glory He will kindle a burning Like the burning
  of a fire.
• WHO DID THE LORD FIND AND RAISE UP? WHY?
• HOW DID THEY RESPOND?
• WHAT IS THE RESULT OF THEIR BOASTING?

43
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1014-16

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• WHO DID THE LORD FIND AND RAISE UP? WHY?
• READ JOB 262-3
• 2 "How have you helped him who is without power?
  How have you saved the arm that has no strength?
• 3 How have you counseled one who has no wisdom?
  And how have you declared sound advice to many?
  NKJV
• HOW DID HE RESPOND?
• READ 2 KINGS 1835
• 35 Who among all the gods of the lands have
  delivered their countries from my hand, that the
  LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'"
  NKJV

44
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1014-16

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• WHO DID THE LORD FIND AND RAISE UP? WHY?
• WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR BOASTING?
• READ JEREMIAH 4916
• 16 Your fierceness has deceived you, The pride of
  your heart,
• O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Who
  hold the height of the hill! Though you make your
  nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down
  from there," says the LORD. NKJV
• READ OBADIAH 4
• 4 Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And
  though you set your nest among the stars, From
  there I will bring you down," says the LORD. NKJV

45
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1014-16

• WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO THE KING OF ASSYRIA?
• WHO DID THE LORD FIND AND RAISE UP? WHY?
• WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THEIR BOASTING?
• READ EZEKIEL 2817
• 17 "Your heart was lifted up because of your
  beauty You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of
  your splendor I cast you to the ground, I laid
  you before kings, That they might gaze at you.
• READ ZECHARIAH 126
• 6 In that day I will make the governors of Judah
  like a firepan in the woodpile, and like a fiery
  torch in the sheaves they shall devour all the
  surrounding peoples on the right hand and on the
  left, but Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in
  her own place Jerusalem.

46
READ ISAIAH 1017-19

• 17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, And
  his Holy One for a flame It will burn and devour
  His thorns and his briers in one day.
• 18 And it will consume the glory of his forest
  and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body
  And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
• 19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will
  be so few in number That a child may write them.

47
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1017-19

• 17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, And
  his Holy One for a flame It will burn and devour
  His thorns and his briers in one day.
• 18 And it will consume the glory of his forest
  and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body
  And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
• 19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will
  be so few in number That a child may write them.
• WHO IS THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL? HIS HOLY ONE?
• WHO WILL BE DEVOURED AND BURNED?
• WHY WILL THEY BE AS A SICK MAN?
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GLORY OF HIS FOREST?

48
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1017-19

• 17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, And
  his Holy One for a flame It will burn and devour
  His thorns and his briers in one day.
• WHO IS THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL? HIS HOLY ONE?
• WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE LORDS ANGER WAS AROUSED?
• READ NUMBERS 111-3
• 1 When the people complained, it displeased the
  LORD for the LORD heard it, and His anger was
  aroused. So the fire of the LORD burned among
  them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the
  camp.
• 2 The people cried out to Moses, and when Moses
  prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched.
• 3 He called the name of the place Taberah,
  because the fire of the LORD had burned among
  them. NKJV

49
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1017-19

• 17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, And
  his Holy One for a flame It will burn and devour
  His thorns and his briers in one day.
• WHO WILL BE DEVOURED AND BURNED?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 93
• 3 Understand today that the LORD your God is He
  who goes over before you as a consuming fire. He
  will destroy them and bring them down before you
  so you shall drive them out and destroy them
  quickly, as the LORD has said to you. NKJV
• READ 2 SAMUEL 236-7
• 6 The sons of rebellion shall all be as thorns
  thrust away,
• Because they cannot be taken with hands.
• 7 But the man who touches them Must be armed with
  iron and the shaft of a spear, And they shall be
  utterly burned with fire in their place." NKJV
• READ AMOS 411
• 11 "I overthrew some of you, As God overthrew
  Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand
  plucked from the burning
• Yet you have not returned to Me, Says the LORD.
  NKJV

50
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1017-19

• 18 And it will consume the glory of his forest
  and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body
  And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
• WHY WILL THEY BE AS A SICK MAN?
• READ JOSHUA 51
• 1 When all the kings of the Amorites who were on
  the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of
  the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that
  the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan
  from before the children of Israel until we had
  crossed over, that their heart melted and there
  was no spirit in them any longer because of the
  children of Israel. NKJV
• READ JOSHUA 75
• 5 The men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men,
  for they chased them from before the gate as far
  as Shebarim, and struck them down on the descent
  therefore the hearts of the people melted and
  became like water. NKJV

51
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1017-19

• 18 And it will consume the glory of his forest
  and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body
  And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
• WHY WILL THEY BE AS A SICK MAN?
• READ PSALMS 2214
• 14 I am poured out like water, And all My bones
  are out of joint
• My heart is like wax It has melted within Me.
  NKJV
• READ PSALMS 682
• 2 As smoke is driven away, So drive them away As
  wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked
  perish at the presence of God.
• READ PSALMS 975
• 5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of
  the LORD,
• At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
  NKJV
• READ PSALMS 11210
• 10 The wicked will see it and be grieved He will
  gnash his teeth and melt away The desire of the
  wicked shall perish. NKJV

52
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1017-19

• 18 And it will consume the glory of his forest
  and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body
  And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
• 19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will
  be so few in number That a child may write them.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GLORY OF HIS FOREST?
• READ 2 KINGS 1923
• 23 By your messengers you have reproached the
  Lord, And said "By the multitude of my chariots
  I have come up to the height of the mountains, To
  the limits of Lebanon I will cut down its tall
  cedars And its choice cypress trees I will enter
  the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful
  forest. NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 2047
• 47 Say to the forest of the South, 'Hear the word
  of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD "Behold, I
  will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour
  every green tree and every dry tree in you the
  blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all
  faces from the south to the north shall be
  scorched by it. NKJV

53
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1017-19

• 18 And it will consume the glory of his forest
  and of his fruitful field, Both soul and body
  And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
• 19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest Will
  be so few in number That a child may write them.
• WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GLORY OF HIS FOREST?
• HOW MANY WILL BE LEFT?
• IS ISAIAH TALKING ABOUT TREES? PEOPLE?
• READ JEREMIAH 4428
• 28 Yet a small number who escape the sword shall
  return from the land of Egypt to the land of
  Judah and all the remnant of Judah, who have
  gone to the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall
  know whose words will stand, Mine or theirs NKJV

54
READ ISAIAH 1020-23

• 20 And it shall come to pass in that day That the
  remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of
  the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on
  him who defeated them, But will depend on the
  LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
• 21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
  To the Mighty God.
• 22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the
  sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return
  The destruction decreed shall overflow with
  righteousness.
• 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts Will make a
  determined end In the midst of all the land.

55
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• 20 And it shall come to pass in that day That the
  remnant of Israel, And such as have escaped of
  the house of Jacob, Will never again depend on
  him who defeated them, But will depend on the
  LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
• 21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
  To the Mighty God.
• 22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the
  sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return
  The destruction decreed shall overflow with
  righteousness.
• 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts Will make a
  determined end In the midst of all the land.
• WHO DID THEY CALL ON TO HELP THEM?
• WHO CAN THE REMNANT DEPEND ON?
• WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?
• WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ABRAHAM?
• WHAT END WILL THE LORD GOD DETERMINE?

56
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• WHO DID KING AHAZ CALL ON TO HELP HIM?
• READ 2 KINGS 167-9
• 7 Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-Pileser king of
  Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son.
  Come up and save me from the hand of the king of
  Syria and from the hand of the king of Israel,
  who rise up against me.
• 8 Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in
  the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of
  the king's house, and sent it as a present to the
  king of Assyria.
• 9 So the king of Assyria heeded him for the king
  of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it,
  carried its people captive to Kir, and killed
  Rezin. NKJV
• COULD AHAZ DEPEND ON TIGLATH-PILESER?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 2820-21
• 20 Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria came to him
  and distressed him, and did not assist him.
• 21 Ahaz took part of the treasures from the house
  of the LORD, from the house of the king, and from
  the leaders, and he gave it to the king of
  Assyria but he did not help him. NKJV

57
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• WHO CAN THE REMNANT DEPEND ON?
• WHO DID THEY CRY OUT TO FOR HELP?
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 1411
• 11 Asa cried out to the LORD his God, and said,
  "LORD, it is nothing for You to help, whether
  with many or with those who have no power help
  us, O LORD our God, for we rest on You, and in
  Your name we go against this multitude. O LORD,
  You are our God do not let man prevail against
  You!" NKJV
• READ 2 CHRONICLES 3222
• 22 The LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of
  Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king
  of Assyria, and from the hand of all others, and
  guided them on every side.

58
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• WHO CAN THE REMNANT DEPEND ON?
• WHO DID THEY CRY OUT TO FOR HELP?
• READ JEREMIAH 211-2
• 1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD
  when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of
  Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the
  priest, saying,
• 2 "Please inquire of the LORD for us, for
  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against
  us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according
  to all His wonderful works, that the king may go
  away from us." NKJV
• READ EZEKIEL 716
• 16 Those who survive will escape and be on the
  mountains
• Like doves of the valleys, All of them mourning,
  Each for his iniquity. NKJV

59
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• WHO CAN THE REMNANT DEPEND ON?
• WHO DID THEY CRY OUT TO FOR HELP?
• READ MICAH 35
• 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return
  and seek the LORD their God and David their king.
  They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the
  latter days. NKJV
• READ MICAH 61
• 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD For He has
  torn, but He will heal us He has stricken, but
  He will bind us up. NKJV
• READ MICAH 77
• 7 Therefore I will look to the LORD I will wait
  for the God of my salvation My God will hear me.
  NKJV

60
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• WHO CAN THE REMNANT DEPEND ON?
• WHO DID THEY CRY OUT TO FOR HELP?
• READ ZECHARIAH 916
• 16 The LORD their God will save them in that day,
  As the flock of His people. For they shall be
  like the jewels of a crown, Lifted like a banner
  over His land NKJV
• READ ZECHARIAH 142-3
• 2 I will gather all the nations to battle against
  Jerusalem The city shall be taken, The houses
  rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city
  shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the
  people shall not be cut off from the city.
• 3 Then the LORD will go forth And fight against
  those nations,
• As He fights in the day of battle. NKJV

61
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• 21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
  To the Mighty God.
• WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?
• READ GENESIS 457
• 7 God sent me before you to preserve a posterity
  for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a
  great deliverance. NKJV
• READ ZEPHANIAH 312-13
• 12 I will leave in your midst A meek and humble
  people, And they shall trust in the name of the
  LORD.
• 13 The remnant of Israel shall do no
  unrighteousness And speak no lies, Nor shall a
  deceitful tongue be found in their mouth
• For they shall feed their flocks and lie down,
  And no one shall make them afraid." NKJV

62
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• 22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the
  sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return
  The destruction decreed shall overflow with
  righteousness.
• 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts Will make a
  determined end In the midst of all the land.
• WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ABRAHAM?
• READ GENESIS 121-3
• 1 Promises to Abram The LORD had said to Abram
  "Get out of your country, From your family And
  from your father's house,
• To a land that I will show you.
• 2 I will make you a great nation I will bless
  you And make your name great And you shall be a
  blessing.
• 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will
  curse him who curses you And in you all the
  families of the earth shall be blessed." NKJV

63
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• WHAT DID THE LORD PROMISE ABRAHAM?
• READ GENESIS 2215-19
• 15 The Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a
  second time out of heaven,
• 16 And said "By Myself I have sworn, says the
  LORD, because you have done this thing, and have
  not withheld your son, your only son
• 17 Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I
  will multiply your descendants as the stars of
  the heaven and as the sand which is on the
  seashore and your descendants shall possess the
  gate of their enemies.
• 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth
  shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My
  voice." NKJV

64
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1020-23

• 21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
  To the Mighty God.
• 22 For though your people, O Israel, be as the
  sand of the sea, A remnant of them will return
  The destruction decreed shall overflow with
  righteousness.
• 23 For the Lord GOD of hosts Will make a
  determined end In the midst of all the land.
• WHY DID THE LORD SAVE A REMNANT?
• WHAT WILL THE LORD GOD DETERMINE?
• READ ROMANS 927-29
• 27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel
  "Though the number of the children of Israel be
  as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be
  saved.
• 28 For He will finish the work and cut it short
  in righteousness,
• Because the LORD will make a short work upon the
  earth."
• 29 As Isaiah said before "Unless the LORD of
  Sabaoth had left us a seed, We would have become
  like Sodom, And we would have been made like
  Gomorrah." NKJV

65
READ ISAIAH 1024-26

• 24 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts "O
  My people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of
  the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and
  lift up his staff against you, in the manner of
  Egypt.
• 25 For yet a very little while and the
  indignation will cease, as will My anger in their
  destruction.
• 26 And the LORD of hosts will stir up a scourge
  for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock
  of Oreb as His rod was on the sea, so will He
  lift it up in the manner of Egypt.

66
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1024-26

• 24 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts "O
  My people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of
  the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and
  lift up his staff against you, in the manner of
  Egypt.
• 25 For yet a very little while and the
  indignation will cease, as will My anger in their
  destruction.
• 26 And the LORD of hosts will stir up a scourge
  for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock
  of Oreb as His rod was on the sea, so will He
  lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
• WHAT DID THE LORD TELL THE PEOPLE OF ZION?
• WHY SHOULD THEY NOT BE AFRAID OF THE ASSYRIAN?
• WHAT WILL THE ASSYRIAN DO?
• HOW LONG WILL THIS INDIGNATION BE?
• WHAT HAPPENED AT THE ROCK OF OREB?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO EGYPT?

67
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1024-26

• 24 Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts "O My
  people, who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of
  the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and
  lift up his staff against you, in the manner of
  Egypt.
• WHAT HAPPENED IN EGYPT?
• WHAT DID PHARAOH DO THE TO HEBREW CHILDREN?
• READ EXODUS 514
• 14 The officers of the children of Israel, whom
  Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were
  beaten and were asked, "Why have you not
  fulfilled your task in making brick both
  yesterday and today, as before?" NKJV

68
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1024-26

• 25 For yet a very little while and the
  indignation will cease, as will My anger in their
  destruction.
• 26 And the LORD of hosts will stir up a scourge
  for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock
  of Oreb as His rod was on the sea, so will He
  lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
• HOW LONG WILL THIS INDIGNATION BE?
• READ PSALMS 305
• 5 His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for
  life Weeping may endure for a night, But joy
  comes in the morning. NKJV
• READ DANIEL 819
• 19 He said, "Look, I am making known to you what
  shall happen in the latter time of the
  indignation for at the appointed time the end
  shall be. NKJV

69
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1024-26

• 25 For yet a very little while and the
  indignation will cease, as will My anger in their
  destruction.
• 26 And the LORD of hosts will stir up a scourge
  for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock
  of Oreb as His rod was on the sea, so will He
  lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
• HOW LONG WILL THIS INDIGNATION BE?
• READ DANIEL 1136
• 36 "The king shall do according to his own will
  he shall exalt and magnify himself above every
  god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of
  gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been
  accomplished for what has been determined shall
  be done. NKJV
• READ MICAH 56
• 6 They shall waste with the sword the land of
  Assyria, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances
  Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, When
  he comes into our land And when he treads within
  our borders. NKJV

70
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1024-26

• 25 For yet a very little while and the
  indignation will cease, as will My anger in their
  destruction.
• 26 And the LORD of hosts will stir up a scourge
  for him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock
  of Oreb as His rod was on the sea, so will He
  lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
• HOW LONG WILL THIS INDIGNATION BE?
• WHY DID THE LORD DO THIS?
• READ AMOS 410
• 10 I sent among you a plague after the manner of
  Egypt Your young men I killed with a sword,
  Along with your captive horses
• I made the stench of your camps come up into your
  nostrils Yet you have not returned to Me, Says
  the LORD. NKJV
• READ HEBREWS 124-11

71
QUESTIONS ISAIAH 1024-26

• READ HEBREWS 124-11
• 5 You have forgotten the exhortation which speaks
  to you as to sons "My son, do not despise the
  chastening of the LORD, Nor be discouraged when
  you are rebuked by Him
• 6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And
  scourges every son whom He receives."
• 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as
  with sons for what son is there whom a father
  does not chasten?
• 8 But if you are without chastening, of which all
  have become partakers, then you are illegitimate
  and not sons.
• 9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who
  corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we
  not much more readily be in subjection to the
  Father of spirits and live?
• 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as
  seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that
  we may be partakers of His holiness.
• 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the
  present, but painful nevertheless, afterward it
  yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to
  those who have been trained by it. NKJV

72
READ ISAIAH 1027-29

• 27 It shall come to pass in that day That his
  burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And
  his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be
  destroyed because of the anointing oil.
• 28 He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron At
  Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
• 29 They have gone along the ridge, They have
  taken up lodging at Geba. Ramah is afraid, Gibeah
  of Saul has fled.

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• 27 It shall come to pass in that day That his
  burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And
  his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be
  destroyed because of the anointing oil.
• 28 He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron At
  Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
• 19 They have gone along the ridge, They have
  taken up lodging at Geba. Ramah is afraid, Gibeah
  of Saul has fled.
• WHO PLACED THIS BURDEN ON THEM?
• WHEN DID THE LORD DELIVER THEM FROM BONDAGE?
• WHAT HAPPENED TO JESHURUN? ISRAEL?
• WHO WILL AGAIN TAKE AWAY THE BURDEN AND THE YOKE?
• WHO ARE THESE ANONTED ONES?
• WHO HAS COME TO AIATH? SENNACHERIB?
• WHERE IS AIATH? MIGRON? MICHMASH?
• WHERE WERE THEY GOING?
• WHERE IS GEBA? RAMAH? GIBEAH?

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• 27 It shall come to pass in that day That his
  burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And
  his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be
  destroyed because of the anointing oil.
• WHO PLACED THIS BURDEN ON THEM? WHEN?
• WHEN DID THE LORD DELIVER THEM FROM THIS BONDAGE?
• READ LEVITICUS 2613
• 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of
  the land of Egypt, that you should not be their
  slaves I have broken the bands of your yoke and
  made you walk upright. NKJV
• WHAT HAPPENED TO JESHURUN? ISRAEL?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 3215
• 15 "But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked You grew
  fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he
  forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed
  the Rock of his salvation. NKJV

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• 27 It shall come to pass in that day That his
  burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And
  his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be
  destroyed because of the anointing oil.
• WHO PLACED THIS BURDEN ON THEM THIS TIME? WHEN?
• WHO WILL AGAIN TAKE AWAY THEIR BURDEN AND THEIR
  YOKE?
• READ JEREMIAH 308
• 8 It shall come to pass in that day, Says the
  LORD of hosts, 'That I will break his yoke from
  your neck, And will burst your bonds Foreigners
  shall no more enslave them. NKJV

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• 27 It shall come to pass in that day That his
  burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And
  his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be
  destroyed because of the anointing oil.
• WHO ARE THESE ANOINTED ONES?
• PROPHETS? PRIESTS?
• READ PSALMS 22
• 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the
  rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD
  and against His Anointed,
• READ PSALMS 10515
• 15 Do not touch My anointed ones. Do My prophets
  no harm.

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• WHO ARE THESE ANOINTED ONES?
• JOSHUA THE HIGH PRIEST ZURUBBABEL THE GOVERNOR
• READ ZECHARIAH 414
• 14 He said, "These are the two anointed ones, who
  stand beside the Lord of the whole earth NKJV
• JESUS CHRIST - PROPHET, PRIEST AND KING
• READ DANIEL 924
• 24 "Seventy weeks are determined For your people
  and for your holy city, To finish the
  transgression, To make an end of sins, To make
  reconciliation for iniquity, To bring in
  everlasting righteousness, To seal up vision and
  prophecy, And to anoint the Most Holy. NKJV

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• 27 It shall come to pass in that day That his
  burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And
  his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be
  destroyed because of the anointing oil.
• WHAT DAY IS ISAIAH SPEAKING OF?
• READ LUKE 418-22
• 18 "The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He
  has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor
  He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To
  proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of
  sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who
  are oppressed
• 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD."
  
• 20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to
  the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all
  who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him.
• 21 And He began to say to them, "Today this
  Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." NKJV

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• 27 It shall come to pass in that day That his
  burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And
  his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be
  destroyed because of the anointing oil.
• WHO ARE THESE ANOINTED ONES?
• READ 2 CORINTHIANS 121-22
• 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ
  and has anointed us is God,
• 22 Who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit
  in our hearts as a guarantee. NKJV
• READ 1 JOHN 220-27
• 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One,
  and you know all things.
• 27 But the anointing which you have received from
  Him abides in you, and you do not need that
  anyone teach you but as the same anointing
  teaches you concerning all things, and is true,
  and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you,
  you will abide in Him. NKJV

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• 27 It shall come to pass in that day That his
  burden will be taken away from your shoulder, And
  his yoke from your neck, And the yoke will be
  destroyed because of the anointing oil.
• 28 He has come to Aiath, He has passed Migron At
  Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
• 29 They have gone along the ridge, They have
  taken up lodging at Geba. Ramah is afraid, Gibeah
  of Saul has fled.
• WHO HAS COME TO AIATH? SENNACHERIB?
• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?
• AIATH? MIGRON? MICHMASH?
• GEBA? RAMAH? GIBEAH?
• WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE DOING? WHY?

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• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT AIATH? AI?
• READ JOSHUA 72
• 1 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is
  beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and
  spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the
  country." So the men went up and spied out Ai.
• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MIGRON?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 142
• 2 Saul was sitting in the outskirts of Gibeah
  under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron. The
  people who were with him were about six hundred
  men. NKJV

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• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT GIBEAH OF SAUL?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 114
• 4 The messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told
  the news in the hearing of the people. And all
  the people lifted up their voices and wept. NKJV
• READ 1 SAMUEL 1534
• 34 Samuel went to Ramah, and Saul went up to his
  house at Gibeah of Saul. NKJV
• READ 2 SAMUEL 216
• 6 Let seven men of his descendants be delivered
  to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in
  Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose. NKJV

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• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT MICHMASH?
• READ 1 SAMUEL 144-5
• 4 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to
  go over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a
  sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the
  other side. And the name of one was Bozez, and
  the name of the other Seneh.
• 5 The front of one faced northward opposite
  Michmash, and the other southward opposite
  Gibeah. NKJV
• READ 1 SAMUEL 1323
• 23 The garrison of the Philistines went out to
  the pass of Michmash. NKJV

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• WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT RAMAH?
• READ 1 KINGS 1522
• 22 King Asa made a proclamation throughout all
  Judah none was exempted. And they took away the
  stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used
  for building and with them King Asa built Geba
  of Benjamin, and Mizpah. NKJV
• READ HOSEA 58
• 8 "Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in
  Ramah! Cry aloud at Beth Aven, 'Look behind you,
  O Benjamin!' NKJV
• READ MATTHEW 218
• 18 "A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation,
  weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for
  her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because
  they are no more." NKJV

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• 30 Lift up your v